[Bug 890913] Re: Typing "prg $HOME/<tab>" expands to "prg \$HOME/"

[jimav]

Maybe it has something to do with option settiings.  Mathew, can you try
with the following bash variables set to see if the problem appears for
you?  Also, BASH_VERSION='4.3.42(1)-release' pm wily, if that matters

BASH=/bin/bash
SHELL=/bin/bash
BASHOPTS=cdspell:checkwinsize:cmdhist:complete_fullquote:expand_aliases:extquote:force_fignore:histappend:histreedit:hostcomplete:huponexit:interactive_comments:progcomp:promptvars:shift_verbose:sourcepath
CDPATH=.:..:../..
HISTIGNORE='pwd:exit:fg:fg *:bg:bg *:l:history:cd:dist_my_setup*'
HISTSIZE=20000
IFS=$' \t\n'
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
LANGUAGE=en_US
OPTERR=1
OPTIND=1
SESSIONTYPE=gnome-session
SHELLOPTS=braceexpand:hashall:histexpand:history:interactive-comments:monitor:vi

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Title:
  Typing "prg $HOME/<tab>" expands to "prg \$HOME/"

Status in bash-completion package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  Typing "prg $HOME/<tab>" expands to "prg \$HOME/" quite annoying,
  shall expand to "prg $HOME/" listing all directories and files
  available for expansion, not creating an escaped string from $HOME. It
  should KEEP $HOME, not expanding it to your home directory as with
  some program named done!

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
  Package: bash-completion 1:1.3-1ubuntu6
  Uname: Linux 3.0.9 x86_64
  ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu4
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Wed Nov 16 00:31:37 2011
  InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release amd64 (20111012)
  PackageArchitecture: all
  ProcEnviron:
   PATH=(custom, user)
   LANG=de_DE.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: bash-completion
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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